Shabbat, Motzei Shabbat and more

for important news about Saturday morning services, see below*

As many of you know, I am not in the office Fridays, hence, no blog posting. Yesterday, being Shabbat, I didn't post either.

We had a busy weekend at Temple with a fun Tot/Family Shabbat and dinner Friday night. At our 7:30 we had some special guest visitors. Rabbi Shana Margolin gave a very insightful d'var Torah about God and justice, and discoursing on the Noahide laws. Also, we were favored with a visit from a Confirmation class from the Congregational Church in Essex. Rabbi Margolin, Bruce & I met with the students and chaperones before the service. They stayed for the service and oneg. I asked them what they thought of our services. They thought they were 'cool.' They were impressed by how much singing we do. I also noticed that many of them were following along in the prayer book and trying to sing along with us. It was great.

Saturday morning we had a lively study group, the portion was the Yitro, in which we are given the 10 Commandments.

Motzei Shabbat, Saturday night, we gathered at Judy Rosenstreich's house for Aleinu, our living room lecture series which we hold 3-4 times throughout the year in a member's home. We were treated to a talk (and pictures) about Jewish communities in Kaifeng, Azerbaijan and Iceland, by David Franklin, the Honorary Consul to Iceland. The talk was both informative and entertaining.

*due to the popularity of the Saturday morning learning services, Bruce will be continuing them from March through the month of June. Torah Study group continues to meet each Saturday at 9 am and services begin at 10 am.